What did Tomb-Sweeping Day originate from?

More than two thousand years ago, there was civil strife in the State of Jin, and Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, was exiled abroad.

According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Jin Xiangong's concubine killed the prince in order to let her son inherit the throne, and Shen Sheng was forced to commit suicide. Shen Sheng's younger brother, Zhong Er, went into exile to escape the scourge. During his exile, Zhong Er suffered humiliation.

Most of the courtiers who went out with him went out one after another. Only a few loyal people have been following him. One of them is called meson push.

On one occasion, Zhong Er fainted from hunger. In order to save Zhong Er, Jiezitui cut a piece of meat from his leg, cooked it with fire and gave it to Zhong Er. Nineteen years later, Zhong Er returned to China and became the monarch, that is, Jin Wengong, one of the famous five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.

When he sent someone to bury Jiexiu, he found a bloody book written by Jiexiu in the tree hole of the old willow tree, which read: "May your master be clear forever."

In the second year, Jin Wengong led his ministers to pay a visit to Jiezitui. When they came to the cemetery, they saw the old willow tree dead and alive, and thousands of green branches were dancing in the wind. Jin Wengong looked at the resurrected old willow tree and seemed to see the meson push. After the sweeping ceremony, Jin Wengong named this old willow "Qingming Willow" and named the day after the Cold Food Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day.